Thankful Thursday - Colleagues and Friends

Hello Friends

Thankful Thursday and today I want to send a shout out to the Stampin' Up! family of friends and colleagues who help me, support me and inspire me.  

In particular, I have an awesome downline - and a spectacular upline!  And tonight I get to meet with many of them -  Ladies who inspire me and challenge me.  Each of them brings something different and special to our meetings and I am so looking forward to spending some crafting time with them!

I designed this card to share with them.  And to teach them a few little tips and tricks that they might not already know.  I'll share these tips and tricks with all of you too!  But for now, I am going to make this short and simple and just keep it about being Thankful.

So to all of my fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators, upline, downline, sideline and everyone else - thanks for your inspiration.  thanks for your support and encouragement.  And thanks for your friendship!

And pretty much the same to all of you.  For so many reasons - Thank You!
God Bless,     ~Cynthia   <><

Product List
Stamp : Perfectly Penned - Clear-Mount Stamp [122892]
Ink : Versamark Pad [102283]
Card Stock : Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730] , Gold Foil Sheets [132622] , Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum [133363]
Tools & Adhesive : Heat Tool [129053] , Simply Pressed Clay [130685]
Punch : Scalloped Tag Topper Punch [133324] , Elegant Butterfly Punch [127526] , Bitty Butterfly Punch [129406]
Ribbon & Trim : Gold Sequin Trim [132983] , Buttons Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds [131272]
Accessory : Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] , Gold Baker's Twine [132975]
Big Shot : Chalk Talk Framelits Dies [129983] , Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die [119976]

Thankful Thursday - Feeling Sentimental

Good Morning Friends

On my to-do list today is to say Thank You to a huge assortment of people who have enriched my life in so many ways.  I won't list them all here but believe me when I say that the list is extensive!  And so I bring you another Thankful Thursday, vintage style.

Supply List (Spring catalogue or FREE SAB products)
Stamps - Feeling Sentimental (w129627, c129630), Perfectly Penned (w122890, c122892)
Paper - Naturals Ivory (101849), Early Espresso (119686)
Ink - Early Espresso (126974)
Big Shot - Labels Framelits (125598), Ovals Framelits (129381)
Tools and Accessories - Distress Tool (127562), Color Spritzer Tool (107066), Natural 7/16" Trim Ribbon (129287), 5/8" Crochet Trim (118481), Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon (122332), Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon (120999), Stamping Sponges (101610)


I love the way the script of the Perfectly Penned set matches the time-period piece of the bicycle.  Or at least, I think it does.  And the entire card has an elegant vintage ambiance.  The images in this stamp set invoke a sort of Victorian nostalgia so the Crochet Trim was a must for this card!  And the smooshed corner, spritzed interior and roughed up edges?  Well, vintage just wouldn't be vintage without a bit of aging, right?


As part of my Thankful Thursday I want to say Thank You to each and every one of you for visiting today.  Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful morning.     
God Bless,     Cynthia     <><

Thankful Thursday With Fun Flowers

Hello Dear Friends

Once again it is Thankful Thursday.  And since we are heading into our Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada, I am both thankful...and very busy! So this post will be short.  But thankful, nonetheless!

Supply List
Stamps - Perfectly Penned
Paper - Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Comfort Cafe DSP
Ink - Soft Suede
Big Shot -  Fun Flowers Die
Tools and Accessories -  1 3/8" Square Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Itty Bitty (Flower) Punch, dimensionals, Basic Pearls

Short, sweet and to the point.  But you get the idea.  I am Thankful for so very many things in life.  The chance to enjoy a long weekend with my family is just one of them.  I am going to go pack now so that when the kids get home from school we can immediately hop in the car and drive to visit my parents, who live almost 6 hrs away.  Thank goodness tomorrow is a PD Day and my husband could get the day off work!

I hope everyone has a blessed weekend, whether it is Thanksgiving for you or not.
God Bless,     ~Cynthia     <><

Thankful Thursday - Four Seasons

Yes, dear friends - I am blessed.  And thankful.   And as promised yesterday, today I have a Thankful Thursday card.   I used the Hostess set, Four Seasons (one of my favourites from this catalogue!) and some thumping of coloured ink on the stamp to get the variegated Fall colours.  Love how it turned out, don't you?

Supply List
Stamps - Four Seasons, Perfectly Penned, Scentsational Season
Paper - Whisper White, More Mustard, Cajun Craze
Ink - More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso & Garden Green markers
Tools and Accessories - 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, dimensionals, (Dazzling Diamonds & 2-Way Glue Pen)

Of course, my daughters unanimously piped up and said the card needed glitter (but then again, what card doesn't??) so I added some and I must say, I see their point.  Unfortunately from this photo it appears that the 'wind' is the most prominent element now.  The photo does not do justice to the subtle sparkle of the leaf motifs on the white scalloped circle, surrounding the bird.  But in real life the glitter really draws attention to this element and makes the card just that much more appealing.






And don't you just love the way the steam image from the Scentsational Season stamp set can double as wind currents?  I saw this idea online (I cannot remember where) so I cannot take credit.  But it is awfully effective, isn't it?  One of the benefits of hand-stamping cards is that you can add coordinating details to the inside of the card (and the envelope) to really jazz things up.  I love the blowing leaves on the inside of this card!

I have a multitude of things for which to be thankful - not the least of which is my husband and kids.  I don't think I could ever get tired of telling you how much I love them.  I really do.  But I'll keep it short this time and just mention it in passing.....I love them (!!).   :)

Hope you too are surrounded by people that you love. 
       God Bless,      ~Cynthia    <><

July has more than one Reason To Smile....

Good Morning friends

To my Canadian friends and family - I hope your Canada Day was wonderful!  And to my American friends, I hope your upcoming July 4th is fantastic!

Okay then - On to today's cards.  I am loving the Reason To Smile stamp set.  This exclusive set is only available during July and can be purchased for a mere $5 when you place an order of $60 or more.  That's correct...if you place a $60 order, you can purchase this gorgeous 7 piece, 2-step stamping set for only $5.  Wood or clear-mount.  How spectacular is that?!  And read on to discover how I am adding an extra 2 week Reason To Smile to this promotion....
 

Previously I've shown you cards using the stamp from the Reason To Smile set that is the outline of the stemmed flower.  For today's cards I used the solid version of the stemmed-flower, or the large, outline blossom stamp (click on the pale blue-green ad on the upper right of my blog to see the 7 images in the Reason To Smile stamp set).  All of the images are gorgeous and I am having fun finding new ways to use them all.  It's so easy to create lovely cards when you have the right tools - and Stampin' Up! gives me all the right tools for sure!

Supply List
Stamps - Reason To Smile (available July ONLY), Perfectly Penned
Paper - Whisper White, Midnight Muse
Ink - Midnight Muse
Tools and Accessories - sponges, dazzling diamonds, 2-way glue pen



I want everyone to have a Reason To Smile so for the next 2 weeks only, I am offering a spectacular deal:  Until July 17, 2012, place an order of $60 or more and you can order the Reason To Smile stamp set - but if you order $100, in addition to the $5 Reason To Smile set, I will also give you $20 in Hostess Benefits!  FREE!  You can use this $20 to order anything at all in the catalogue, including the exclusive hostess sets (pgs 201-205, Except Carry On - pg 203).  And this $20 has no shipping and no tax! (s&h and tax will only be applied to whatever you order that is over and above the $20).  This offer applies to anyone in Canada.  Contact me to place your order and take advantage of this exclusive offer.  (note - $20 hostess dollar offer does not apply to online orders).

I 'd love to help you have even more Reasons to Smile in July.  Contact me today so that you can own this gorgeous stamp set, and get your $20 of hostess benefits too!   Until then, enjoy the beginnings of what is starting out to be a beautiful indeed summer!
God Bless,       ~Cynthia        <><